Window words bloom
A light drizzle began to fall. After saying goodbye to Yang Yu at the school gate, the two went their separate ways.
Qiao Yu walked towards the bus stop with her umbrella. There weren't many people at the stop. From a distance, she could see Lu Yu holding a black umbrella and standing at the front with a backpack slung over one shoulder.
Qiao Yu paused for a moment, then lowered the edge of her umbrella before stepping onto the bus stop.
She didn't know why someone she could have dinner with last week would act this way this week. Maybe it was true, as Yang Yu said, that guys are just temporary. Oh well, she wasn't the type to pry.
She didn't move forward, but stood in the middle of the platform, thinking she would wait for the bus to come before moving forward.
The green light came on not far away, and the 52 bus came first. The 54 bus that Qiao Yu wanted to take came right behind and stopped steadily in front of her.
Qiao Yu folded her umbrella, got on the bus, and walked to the back of the carriage. The bus steadily pulled out of the station.
She still glanced in the direction where Lu Yu was, as if possessed.
Lu Yu remained standing in the same spot. Just as she looked over, the edge of the black umbrella slowly lifted, revealing his deep black eyes.
Qiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately looked away.
Friday is here in the blink of an eye.
In the last two minutes, the homeroom teacher, Zhao Juan, said that there would be a grade-wide standardized test next week, and asked everyone to prepare in advance.
Yang Yu took Qiao Yu to the library on the weekend, but they didn't run into Lu Yu again.
On Monday, as soon as Qiao Yu entered the classroom, she keenly noticed the strange looks that Shen Jiajia and the others were giving her.
Although he had doubts, he did not express them.
She walked to her seat and sat down, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Lu Yu behind her, who was looking at a book of math competition problems.
She looked away, reached into the drawer to get a book, and her fingertips touched something soft and moving...
Qiao Yu's expression changed, and she screamed "Ah!" and jumped up instantly.
Just as her waist was about to hit the desk behind her, Lu Yu reached out and firmly grabbed her.
The whole class was startled by the sound and turned around to see what was going on.
Qiao Yu didn't realize when Lu Yu had stood beside her. He asked, "What's wrong?"
Her face turned deathly pale, her terrified eyes tinged with a hint of grievance: "I didn't know, it could move..."
Lu Yu frowned: "Did it bite you?"
Qiao Yu pursed her lips and shook her head.
Lu Yu led her to his seat and then went to check on her.
Qin Moyao: "Ayu, should we call security to come and take a look?"
Su Yu also stood to the side: "A snake? No way?"
Lu Yu waved his hand: "It's nothing..."
Lu Yu turned sideways, took a book from her desk, and rummaged through her drawer for a while.
A gecko, about the length of a foot, hurriedly crawled out from the edge of the drawer, its grayish-brown scales dotted with tiny black spots, almost blending into the dark drawer.
Everyone: "......"
Lu Yu took the book and let it climb up, then walked to the window sill near the garden, opened the screen window, and let it out.
Yang Yu arrived late. As soon as she entered, she saw everyone staring at the back of the room. Qiao Yu sat down next to Lu Yu with a grim expression, not even having had time to put down her schoolbag.
"Qiaoqiao, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"
Su Yu gave a brief explanation from the side.
After hearing this, Yang Yu angrily said, "Who is it? That's too much!"
Qiao Yu's slightly flushed gaze fell on Shen Jiajia and her group to her side.
Shen Jiajia even raised her eyebrows with schadenfreude, turning away like a proud peacock.
Li Li, the assistant standing nearby, said, "It's just a gecko, why are you making such a fuss? You're so delicate..."
Yang Yu: "How could there be a gecko in the classroom? You guys put it there on purpose."
"Don't make false accusations. It has long legs and can run all over the place; how can you possibly stop it...?"
Lu Yu: "Shut up."
Su Yu knew that Lu Yu was really angry, so he immediately went to the school security office to retrieve the surveillance footage.
Li Li panicked and pleaded with Shen Jiajia.
Shen Jiajia glared at her, signaling her to shut up: "What's the panic? He wouldn't dare do anything to me."
In the back row, Lu Yu gestured to Qiao Yu that there shouldn't be any small animals around now, but Qiao Yu was still a little scared.
A pair of amber eyes stared at it, her cheeks puffed up in anger.
Lu Yu found it somewhat amusing, so he sat down next to her and took out the books from her drawer one by one, opening and checking them until only the drawer was empty, then thoroughly inspected it inside and out.
"I see, it's gone now."
Qiao Yucai nodded.
The two got up and switched places.
Recently, it's been drizzling intermittently, and Qiao Yu has noticed that Lu Yu doesn't ride his bike when it rains; he takes the bus instead.
At the station, Lu Yu once again stood there first, holding a black umbrella. A whole day had passed since what happened that morning, and Qiao Yu felt very uneasy, but Lu Yu had ultimately helped her.
Qiao Yu hesitated for a second, then slowly approached, holding up her pink and white floral umbrella.
She slowly lifted the edge of the umbrella only when she got close to Lu Yu.
Raindrops dripped down the umbrella, creating a kind of melody between the two people.
He lowered his gaze to her, his quiet, dark eyes seemingly able to penetrate her heart. Qiao Yu's heart skipped a beat, and she forgot all the words she had prepared, only managing to say, "Thank you for what happened this morning."
Her voice was as soft as if it were shrouded in rain and mist, and Lu Yu's forehead twitched slightly: "No need."
Qiao Yu: "You should thank me."
Lu Yu found it amusing, "How are you going to thank me?"
"ah?"
When it was Qiao Yu's turn to be puzzled, she said, "Thank you. How else do I need to thank you?"
After thinking for a while, I said, "Then... I'll treat you to dinner."
"OK."
"......"
"Leave me your phone number, I can find you."
"The school doesn't allow us to bring..."
"......Number."
"Can you remember?"
"Try it, report it..."
Qiao Yu had no choice but to recite a string of numbers.
When I got home, sure enough, there was a newly added friend lying in my green bubble.
L.
After the exam, the test papers were handed out, but the rankings were not announced. The homeroom teacher only joked that Lu Yu's top spot was in jeopardy.
"Wow..."
"Who's so amazing?"
"Could it be me?"
"Get lost, with scores like yours..."
"If I calculate the scores, maybe it really is me, hahaha..."
Yang Yu leaned closer to Qiao Yu with a sly grin, "Qiao Qiao, have you calculated the total score?"
Qiao Yu's mind was focused on the last big math problem she had solved, so she shook her head and said, "No."
"Come on, let me calculate it for you."
"Ah, no, no, I... I don't want to lose face."
Yang Yu comforted her, "Qiao Qiao, Lu Yu's top spot is slipping, maybe you'll take it."
Qiao Yu looked terrified: "No."
She had seen Lu Yu's exam results at the end of last semester. The difference between the first and second place scores was more than 30 points, which was terrifying.
Qiao Yu pressed her test paper firmly. Yang Yu found it amusing that she couldn't argue with her, so she glanced at her score, which was roughly the same, and said, "Okay, okay, it doesn't count."
Pointing to the last question on her math test, which had a score of zero, he said, "I don't know how to do this either. I'm so out of practice, there aren't many questions I can answer."
Qiao Yu's interest was piqued: "Who knows how?"
Yang Yu quietly pointed to Lu Yu behind her: "He will definitely..."
Following Yang Yu's finger, the two timidly turned around, and Lu Yu had already overheard their conversation.
Looking up, their eyes met. Yang Yu grinned, while Qiao Yu stared tremblingly at his test paper with her doe-like eyes.
Lu Yu's chest trembled slightly. He casually folded the newly handed-out test paper in half, raised his hand, and handed it to Qiao Yu in front of him.
"Take it."
Qiao Yu quickly took the stack of test papers with both hands, half-covering her face, revealing her bright amber eyes, and nodded gratefully at him.
The two people who received the test papers were so excited that they danced with joy.
Lu Yu's test paper was neat and tidy, with elegant but not messy handwriting. Qiao Yu was only interested in his math problems and took out the math test paper.
Full marks!
Qiao Yu felt a pang in her heart. She turned the page and calculated the answer to the last big question in just a few steps.
Qiao Yu: "..."
She's still a bit of an abstract concept to me.
"Qiaoqiao, Qiaoqiao, oh my god, you and Lu Yu are only two points apart in total score."
Upon hearing this, the whole class turned around, exclaiming, "Wow..."
Even Su Yu and Qin Moyao were curious and moved closer to Qiao Yu.
Su Yu raised his hand and flipped through the test paper: "Wow, Qiao Yu, you're so amazing, you're so unassuming."
Qin Moyao: "Can't you speak properly? It's rare to see someone trying to get close to Ayu."
Qiao Yu sat obediently, her face flushed: "..."
Lu Yu also got up and came behind Qiao Yu, bowing slightly.
Qiao Yu's ears inexplicably turned red again; she could smell the faint scent of soap on him.
His school uniform seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally teasing her hair, making it tickle.
"good."
Lu Yu's voice came from above. Qiao Yu looked up, and his dark eyes also fell heavily.
Their eyes met, and Qiao Yu felt a burning sensation in her eyes. She quickly lowered her head.
He casually folded up his rolled-up paper, held it up, and said, "Thank you, here you go..."
The exam paper was taken from her hand, and the crowd standing nearby dispersed. Only then did Qiao Yu breathe a sigh of relief.
Behind him, he heard Su Yu patting Lu Yu on the shoulder and teasing, "You need to work harder."
Lu Yu glanced at him sideways: "Take care of yourself first."
......
In the afternoon, after lunch, Qiao Yu returned to the classroom and found a white paper airplane in her drawer with familiar handwriting on the wings.
What is Lu Yu's courtesy name?
It looks like a math problem.
Qiao Yu unfolded the paper along the fold, revealing the solution to the last major question on the math exam.
It was almost a whole page long, with every step described in great detail.
Qiao Yu turned around happily to thank him, but when she turned around, she realized that Lu Yu had not returned yet.
Then he turned back, looking bewildered.
At the bus stop after school.
As Lu Yu pushed his bicycle out of the school gate, he saw Qin Xiao standing next to a ride-hailing car, with a familiar figure beside him.
As if they were talking, Qin Xiao opened the car door and let Qiao Yu get in. Qiao Yu took a step back instead of getting in, and almost bumped into the electric scooter behind her. Qin Xiao pulled her back.
Qiao Yu angrily shook him off, and Qin Xiao shook his head helplessly as he got into the car and drove away.
She then turned and walked towards the bus stop.
Lu Yu got on his bike and stopped on the platform as he passed it. The billboards on the platform obscured most of his body.
The girl stood not far away, her head bowed.
After a pause, Lu Yu finally spoke: "Hello..."
Qiao Yu didn't know who to call, and there weren't many people on the platform, so she turned around and looked back.
She saw Lu Yu leaning against the ground on his bicycle, his dark eyes fixed on her.
When their eyes met, Lu Yu raised his hand to beckon her over.
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